Girgenti, Malta Apparitions (1938-1996)

by Amyobala Key

Guza Mifsud, a poor and suffering farm worker, was born in Siggiewi, Malta
on the 27th of January, 1923. The youngest of seven children, she began
life not expected to live long. Against all odds, she survived, but for
the rest of her life, she alternated between ill-health and
accidents. Guza was often visited by visions of the
Blessed Virgin, and from time-to-time received additional visits from
saints and other unidentified spirits. Her life was one of piety,
sacrifice, and suffering. She passed away at her home on the 28th of
October, 1996, and was buried in Siggiewi, Malta, at Our Lady of Mount
Carmel cemetery.

Guza's first visits from the Blessed Mother occurred when she was 15
years old, placing her earliest communications in the year 1938. During
this time, the Lady first appeared in what appeared to be a "sea-cave."
She was holding Rosary beads in her hands and praying. The visions were
both frightening and enchanting and Guza's family was often concerned
about their youngest daughter's night-time fears and weeping. These
dream-like visions continued until 1949. Afterward, she continued to
receive messages from the Blessed Virgin until her death in 1996. At
the bequest of Our Lady, Guza was instrumental in the establishment of a
shrine to the Blessed Virgin and the erection of the statue of Our Lady
of Girgenti on May 5th, 1986.

It was during the 1950s, that the Blessed Mother asked Guza to paint a
picture of her, as she saw her at that time, and to entitle it "Our Lady
of Consecration." Guza knew that she did not have the talent, but under
the patient guidance of the beautiful Lady, she modified a
picture in a book of prayers and took it to a photographer to be
enlarged.

Guza saw the Apparition of her Spiritual Focus many times in her life,
including in the farmland, where Guza worked alongside her family.
During her break, she would go to the valley to pray, whereupon she saw
a bright light in a loquat tree. The Lady appeared in a white dress
with a blue mantle. She asked Guza to pray for the conversion of
sinners.

During the course of her life, upon the guidance of her Holy teacher, Guza
aided the Blessed Mother in the task of defending "the honor of God
from the despicable habit of swearing." She wrote five letters to the
Prime Minister at that time, insisting that he enact a law against swearing
which was otherwise bringing shame to the country and hurting the heart
of the Blessed Virgin. It was not long afterward that Archbishop
Michael Gonzi announced that the Government was going to pass a law
against swearing. Later, the Blessed Virgin came to Guza, and assured
her that she was the one who had inspired her to send the letters.

Guza Mifsud, under the guidance of the Blessed Virgin, produced two
paintings of Our Lady of Consecration, which have been widely published
throughout the world.